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adj. Having or exhibiting variation; differing.

adj. Tending or liable to vary; variable.

adj. Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.

n. Something that differs in form only slightly from something else, as a different spelling or pronunciation of the same word.

adj. Showing variety, diverse.

adj. Showing deviation or disagreement.

adj. Variable.

n. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

n. A different sequence of a gene (locus).

n. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

adj. Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

adj. Changeable; changing; fickle.

n. Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same

n. In biology, a term introduced by Barrande to express a departure from the type of a species showing contemporaneous secondary modification of form and surface features, and contrasted with the variety, in which the principal characters of the species are retained accompanied by departures in one or more primary modifications. The distinction is obscure and has not been generally adopted.

Different; diverse; having a different form or character: as, a variant form or spelling of a word.

Variable; varying; changing; inconstant.

Unsettled; restless.

n. Something that is substantially the same, though in a different form; in ctym., a variant form or spelling of the same original word; in lit, a different reading or spelling.

n. a variable quantity that is random

n. something a little different from others of the same type

adj. exhibiting variation and change

adj. differing from a norm or standard

n. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

n. an event that departs from expectations

"The term variant has been used loosely; other related terminology used is aliasing, sameness, and so forth."

variable    different   

variable quantity    variable    type    taxonomic category    taxonomic group    taxon    difference    divergence    deviation    departure   

alternate    alternative   

variation    variance    vary   

variable    different    diverse    changeable    changing    fickle   

invariant   

modification    variation    mutation    adaptation    version    trait    peculiarity    Gene    similarity    interpretation